Hermann schuppisser



(No Model.) H. SCHUPPISSE'R.

AXLE BOX POR CARRIAGE WHEELS.

No. 543,320. Patented July 23, 1895.

` 25. invention.

. UNITED STATESv HERMANN SCHUPPISSER, AOF ZURICH, SWITZERLAND, ASSIGNOR TO4 KUGLER & CO., OF SAME PLACE.

AXLE-BOX FOR CARBIAG E-VVH'EELS.4

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 543,320, dated July 23, 1895.

nppnanon nea october 29,1894. Serin no. 527,282. (No man.)

To all. whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERMANN SoHUPPIssER, a citizen of the Republic of Switzerland, residing at Zurich, Switzerland, have invented certain new anduset'ul Improvements in Axle- Boxes for Carriage-Wheels, of Vwhich the following is a specification.

Myinvention relates t0 improvements in axle-boxes for carriages, Wagons, dac., in which 1o both the radial pressure as well as the axial thrust is taken up by ball-bearings, and consequently a rolling and not a sliding friction takes place. At the same time the ball-bearings are always so separated that neither the 15 one nor the other of such pressures can ever fall at the their joints.

My invention consists of certain features of .construction and combinations of parts to be 2o hereinafter described, and then pointed out in the claims. A 1

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a longitudinal section of an axle-box constructed according to the principal form of my Fig. v2 is a cross-section on the line 2 2 Aof Fig. l. Fig. 3 is an inner face View of one of the setting-rings, showing the auxiliary series of balls arranged in the groove therein; and Fig. 4 is a longitudinal section go of a modified form of the invention.

Similar letters of reference indicate correspending parts. l Y In Figs. l, 2, and 3, A indicates thehub of a wheel, which hub is composed of ange-sections A and A2, which, when fitted one over the other, provide the sockets for the spokes. A3 is the hub-band, which is inserted'over the outwardly-projecting portion of the nave of the main hub-section A2. Keyed in -the places where the bearings have 4o internal annular recesses d at o osite ends of the cylindrical nave portion d of the hub are rings c of hard steel, which are provided with inner annular fianges e', said flanges extending inwardly. The wheel-axle B is provided at its outer end .with a screw-threaded portion, which receives the nuts B', which nuts and the enlarged annular flange B2 at the inner portion of the axle confine va vsleeve a through the medium of rings c c, placed be- 5o tween the sleeve a and the flange B2 and nuts, respectively. The sleeve a and the rings. c

are prevented from rotation on the axle by means of a key a', and in order that the rings and the sleeves may be fitted snugly together, their meeting edges are respectively provided with annular grooves and shoulders c and a2. The rings c, which are fixed on the axle, are provided at their outer edges with outwardlyprojecting iianges c2, so that by said flanged rings c and the flanged rings e, which are 6o firmly attached to the nave proper of the hub,

an annular space is formed at each end of the hub, each space containing a series of ballsf, which balls are of hardened steel, the Iianged rings e and c being likewise of hardened steel. The bearing-surfaces of the iianged rings e and care slightly groovedat the points Where the balls f bear, so as to provide a largersurface of contact for the balls, and consequently reduce the pressure on .the unitof surface as 7o well as the wear and tear between the parts.

In such a construction the joints between the rings permit, first, the radial pressure to be directed perpendicularly to the joint between the rings, and consequently they prevent the axial thrust from falling directly in the joint, the same being taken up by the annular fianges of said rings. The cylindrical nave portion CZ of the hub is provided at each end v beyond the affixed rings e with internal screw- 8o threads, so as to permit the screwing therein of the setting-rings g, which are approximately Z-shaped in cross-section. These setting-rings g are provided on their inner surfaces with annular grooves, and the fianges c2 of the annular rings care likewise provided with annular grooves, so that two series ot' auxiliary yballs h h may be held in said grooves between the contiguous surfaces of said parts. The balls h serve especially to take up the horizontal thrust caused by the displacement of the wheel on the axle.

The auxiliary balls h may be inserted 'through an opening in each nave portion d and hub-ring e, as shown at the right of Fig.` 2, which opening may be closed by a removable plug or closure e2. Y y In Fig. 4, which shows a modification of my invention, the rings c and e ot' the main form are displaced by rings c and e4, which are likewise fixed to the axle and to the hub, re-

spectively. Said rings c and e4 are, however,

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of a different forni to the others, each partakin g of a substantially triangular form in crosssection, so as to each substantially surround one-half of the ballsf, the joint between the two rings being almost the diagonal of the square Which said rings substantially present in cross-section. In place of the setting-rings g-of the principal form of the invention, I substitute in this form a setting-ring g and a cap gX,Which press fiat rings go against the rings c e4, said fiat rings go being, like the setting-rings g of the main form, provided on their inner surfaces with annular grooves, so as to receive, in connection with the annular grooves of the rings c', the two auxiliary series of balls h h. The action of the parts described is substantially the saine as in the present forni ot' the invention. As the parts c, e, e4, c', g, and gf are separate from each other and not made in one piece with any of the other parts of the ax le-box, they can be readily renewed When Worn out. A

In the several forms of the invention wash- 4ers w and w are respectively provided bewith the peripheral grooves of the axle-rings, additional rings secured in the hub and provided With grooves in their inner fiat faces registering with the grooves in the adjacent faces of the axle-rings, a series of balls received in the registering-grooves of the axle and hub-rings, and a series of auxiliary balls received in the registering-grooves of the axle rings and additional rings, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with an axle and triangular rings Iixed thereon and provided With grooves in their ends and in their inclined outer faces, of a hub, rings fixed inside of the hub and provided with grooves in their inclined faces registering with the grooves of the axle-rings, additional rings Asecured in said hub and provided with grooves in their inner faces registering with the grooves in the ends of the axle-rings, a series of balls received in the registering grooves of the axle rings and hub-rings, and a series of auxiliary balls received in the registering grooves of the axle rings and additional rings, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I hereunto sign my naine, in the presence of tWo subscribing witnesses, this 4th day of October, 18M.

HERMANN SCHUPPISSER.

lVitnesses:

EMIL BLUM, JEAN Sorrow-FISCHER. 

